FAQ

Useful information, stuff that you don’t have to ask about. Regularly updated so be sure to check back next time you have a question / issue.

***There are a couple of little bugs…

We know! It’s definitely still beta software and you might get the odd hiccough but if it’s not major then it’s unlikely it’ll get fixed until the next upgrade, thanks for your patience.

***I’d like to use vineblogs.net with my other students…

While vineblogs.net is a great environment for this project, if you want to use blogs with your other students or recommend them to your colleagues you can use learnerblogs.org or if you’re in higher education try uniblogs.org.
***I’d love to be able to edit the themes / add something to the sidebar / tweak this template…

You can do… all you need to do is to create your own WordPress theme (not that hard, just edit an existing one) and I’ll upload it for your sole use - make sure as part of your edit that you edit the name of the theme too! More editable themes will be coming soon too.
***How do I add users to my blog?

If you want a collaborative blog or to just add users all you have to do is to ask them to create their own vineblogs.net blog and then use the ‘Add user from community’ option in Users>Authors & Users (the bonus is that they get their own blog too!)
***How do I delete my blog?

Try to think of this as a bit like hotmail, you’re welcome to delete all your content and you can decide never to use your blog again but unless you’ve got a very good reason (i.e. you created it using your bank pin as an id) then we won’t specifically delete your blog (too much time / pain). Try not to worry about it…
***I want to blog from my phone / mobile device / using a third party tool… can I?

You certainly can by using xml-rpc which is fully integrated into edublogs.org. You just need to know your username and password and point whatever you’re using to blog to: http://yourblogname.edublogs.org/wordpress/xmlrpc.php
***How do I set up this kind of thing for my school, organisation, community group etc.?

This is basically an implementation of WordPress MultiUser (WPMU) so you use that. If you’d like advice, assistance, training, support or a blog expert to help out then please don’t hesitate to approach James Farmer for consultancy at Blogsavvy.net. See also the new service http://edublogs.org/services”>edublogs premium.